Opening statements in the highly anticipated sex trafficking trial of Galein Maxwell, the

former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, begin Monday.

Maxwell was among Epstein's closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young,

as 14 years old.

Maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse.

How is the Oxford Educated Socialite responding to the criminal accusations?

And what are victims saying about Maxwell's role in the abuse?

I'm John Bickley with Georgia Howe, it's Wednesday, November 24th, and this is Morning

Wire.

A grim statistic from the CDC, and this time is not about COVID.

The US has suffered 100,000 overdose deaths in the past 12 months, the highest number ever.

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And is anything being done to stop the crisis?

And large and at times violent protests have broken out across Europe in the past week

in reaction to newly imposed restrictions due to spiking COVID infections.

What other factors are driving the protests and are they having any impact?

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